Trace an Irish ancestor
From Argentine partidas back to Irish parish books, with the free tools first.
Roots
Roots and citizenship
Who was born where, and what it means for you. Three doors: tracing the family, Irish citizenship by descent, and Argentine nationality.
Three doors · every rule dated and sourced
Before anything else
The one rule to know first
Irish citizenship through the Foreign Births Register stops at the great-grandchild, unless the parent registered before the child was born. The deciding question is the generation count, not the surname.
Three doors
Where to start
Two doors open in Ireland and one in Argentina. Every page behind them carries its rules with their dates and sources.
Ireland
Irish citizenship by descent
The Foreign Births Register: who may apply, the honest stop, documents, fees and timing.
Argentina
Argentine nationality
What the law says, what the courts are deciding, and the option for Irish-born children.
In your browser
See whether the register may be open to you
Two questions, never sent anywhere. The answer says what the published rule allows. The Department of Foreign Affairs decides every application.
Could I register?
Two questions, answered in your browser and never sent anywhere. The result says what the rule allows; the Department of Foreign Affairs decides.
Who in your direct line was born on the island of Ireland?
Where next
Every name has a place and a time
The register of people, the timeline and the community that keeps the link alive.